Before the flurry of questions from liberal journalists Wednesday willing an Epstein-Trump link into existence (and so Trump could be impeached a third time), White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt took a question from the “new media seat” recipient in Beverly Turner from the great people at GBNews. The topic? The BBC’s deceptive and disgraceful edit of President Trump in a Panorama documentary about January 6.
Turner — who hosts GB News’s The Late Show Live at 7:00 p.m. Eastern (but midnight back in the United Kingdom) — began by acknowledging “the clock is ticking on the Friday deadline by which the BBC must retract and apologize for their malicious edits of the President in a documentary shown last year.”
She also brought up the comical declarations from the now-canned head of the BBC who “described the organization as the very best of society and blamed the enemies of the BBC for this outcome” and a Labour Party Member of Parliament insisting the network is “a light on the hill for people all over the world.”
Then came a series of questions:
So, does the President feel that the network is taking the situation seriously? Does he believe that they’ve shown sufficient regret? Does this strain the relationship between the President and the Prime Minister? And given that the organization is publicly funded, is the President prepared to bankrupt the BBC in his pursuit of truth and justice?
Leavitt started by making clear President Trump and Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer have “a very good relationship,” but this was an issue of disagreement as Trump (and anyone outside a leftist bubble) would acknowledge “this is a leftist propaganda machine that is unfortunately subsidized by British taxpayers, and he thinks that’s extremely unfortunate for the great people of the United Kingdom in Great Britain.”
“I think that the President was deeply concerned by the editing — the purposeful and dishonest editing of his speech that was so clearly fake news and he rightfully dubbed that term many years ago. And this is a classic example of that,” she added.
Concerning the next steps, Leavitt said she would expect Trump’s “external legal counsel” to explore that route, but the ball remains in the BBC’s court as to “whether they apologize or not[.]”
But as for the Epstein hoopla, Leavitt laid down a bright, thick marker during the second set of questions on the issue.
Thankfully, ABC chief White House correspondent and Biden regime apple polisher Mary Bruce was on the receiving end of said schooling about the timing of these Epstein emails being released from House Democrats:
Straight fire from @PressSec @KarolineLeavitt to ABC’s @MaryKBruce about the Democrats sudden interest this year in the #EpsteinFiles:
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 12, 2025
“It just shows how this is truly a manufactured hoax by the Democrat Party. For now, they're talking about it all of a sudden because President… pic.twitter.com/bdfymQ8Wnh
Unsurprisingly, this dominated the briefing with reporters in the front and back of the room asking about Epstein, wishcasting Trump involvement.
Our friend Reagan Reese of the Daily Caller provided a welcome contrast, asking about something that actually affects the entire country:
.@DailyCaller’s @ReaganReese_: “First, on the government shutdown. The shutdown deal reverses the administration’s RIFs, and it also prohibits more from happening until the end of January. I’m wondering if the President had input on this element of the deal, and if he’s at all… pic.twitter.com/O0pTWkZONe
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 12, 2025
To see the relevant transcript form the November 12 briefing, click here.
